56 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
TABLE XI.—Seasonal precipitation in Arizona and New Mexico. 
| | Mean an- Percentages of annual rainfall. 
Station. Longitude. | nual rain- 
| fall. Spring. | Summer. | Autumn.| Winter. 
aa = | | a es 
| On | Inches. | 
WUGER EN TURF OS) sos coconeecessceeenoos Sosecstsaseasc eR SSoapa2ac | Be SSE ScOSS2 19 36 31 14 
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Wort Wmniony N. Mex -e=72-)-s-2se2-./: catvncs.beeceee se | 104 57 19. 15 | ll 62 20 7 
Cantonment Burgwin, N. Mex ...--..---..---------.--- 105 30 8. 65 18 34 28 20 
Ronis tantomeN= VW OXxse- ease acc eee nme seer. ceeeee 105 38 20.94 | 14 51 23 12 
Sarigas lh 6a Ne MOx ao oso oe ae oe lems Santee eer eee eet 106 02 14.91 14 46 23 17 
JN AG ERIN WG pecons sopecne denees HAanoosceons Szee 106 38 8.11 10 54 25 11 
Fort Fillmore, N. Mes 106 42 | 8.42 | 5 50 36 9 
‘Wort(SoldentiNa Maw see taee te senace Sete cane ee teee 10655 | 8.49 7 57 22 4 
Forti Craigy N: Mex. st¢ae-25-0 -eeoe oes -s- essen oa | W700 | 11.06 6 53 31 10 
HorteMoRace Nas Oxqsesemees soaiiseeee ol SaDaQdAteases 107 03 11. 59 21 53 20 6 
Fort Wingate, N. Mex | 107 45 17. 32 11 38 20 31 
Fort Bayard, N. Mex... | 108 30 14.32 | 1 50 16 23 
Fort: Defiance, Aviz,.<csc.---5-0s¢92-s5-25-s5se—%* Seca) EO |S arep iS | ar 2 26 18 
Campi BowlerstiZyeseaenaee= sn aoe nee ean ase | 109 30 | 15.26 | 9 48 13 30 
WarpGrant, Avi7e. ease. sane ose aaer ones ees | 110 40 15.08 | 14 41 22 23 
Camp McDowell, Ariz .......--.--:-- WERE RE Sone Sse asec 111 36 | 11. 45 10 42 15 33 
Camp Verde, Ariz ...........------ pee ary seat mantles 10.85 | 12 43 92 23 
GampiWhipple, Atiz’ -.<<2:0:.2>- se.e2- ceece ares | 112 20 19.28 | 20 Die ool 27 
(CRA IW ROL eh Jul ceca pees Joc cnceSenecoSeecsaso 114 36. | 4.65. | 18 27 20 35 
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Sarrsicran CISCOpe pilose se ee oes eee trials selene ee ete ea ree eee | 25 i 14 60 
In all this region the daily range of temperature is great, and frosts 
occur so early in autumn that no use can be made of the autumnal rainfall. 
The yearly precipitation is very small, and the summer quota rarely 
exceeds seven or eight inches. Nevertheless the Pueblo Indians have 
succeeded, in a few localities, and by-a unique method, in raising maize 
without irrigation. The yield is too meagre to tempt the white man to 
follow their example, and for his use the region is agricultural only where it 
can be watered artificially. 
